1. The title of the abstract must be entered in capital letters (maximum 100 words)

2. The text must fit entirely in the rectangular space allotted on this form (maximum 500 words)

3. The lines must be single-spaced.

4. All fields must be entered.

5. Personal data refers to those of the First Author.

6. The name of the First Author must be repeated in the "Authors" field too.

7. All authors' names and first author's name must be entered as follows: INITIAL. SURNAME (e.g. J. Smith).

8. In case of more than one affiliation please indicate them in the proper field, following the order pointed out for each of the authors.
(e.g. Authors: J. Smith 1, F. Lewis 2, A. Burton 3 Affiliation: 1 Saint Paul Hospital 2 Cambridge University 3 Oxford University).

9. Please note that the abstract needs to be structured and to include the following sections:
a) Introduction/Background;
b) Patients and Methods;
c) Results;
d) Conclusion(s).

10. Case reports constitute an exception to this, and these should include the following sections:
a) Introduction/Background;
b) Case report;
c) Conclusion(s)

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Abstract acceptance

The decision on acceptance and the preliminary program will be made by the scientific committee.

Final acceptance depends on registration for the conference by one of the authors.

All accepted abstracts must be presented and discussed. There will be two formats: Oral presentation and Poster presentation which must hang during the entire conference for reference and ad hoc discussion.